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treasury index

treasury index can be used as the basis for adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) It is based on the results of auctions that the U.S. Treasury holds for its Treasury bills and securities. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...

Treasury

Treasury, includes a sub-treasury. [Bihar Reorganis-ation Act, 2000, s. 2(l)]Treasury. (1) The place where treasure is deposited. (2) The department of state which manages the Public Revenue. The Lord High Treasurer is properly the head of this department; but, in practice, the functions of this great official are discharged by several commissioners. The chief of these is called First Lord; and he is, by custom, the head of the Cabinet (see CABINET COUNCIL), and of the whole executive, for which he is responsible in every department. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the second commissioner, and there are three others. There are also three secretaries to the Treasury.A place or building in which stores of wealth are kept, esp., a place where public revenues are deposited and kept and from which money is disbursed to defray government expenses, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn...

Treasury Bill

Treasury Bill, means a short-term debt security issued by the federal government, with a maturity of 13, 26 or 52 weeks, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1507.Treasury Bills are bills issued by the Treasury payable not later than twelve months after date. (English) Treasury Bills Act, 1877. See FUNDS; EXCHEQUER BILLS....

index

index : a numerical measure or indicator (as of inflation or economic performance) see also consumer price index vt : to link (as wages, rates, or investments) to an index [under the contract wages were ed to inflation] ...

Index

To provide with an index or table of references to put into an index as to index a book or its contents...

Cost of living index number

Cost of living index number, in relation to employees in any scheduled employment in respect of which minimum rates of wages have been fixed, means the index number ascertained and declared by the competent authority by notification in the Official Gazette to be the cost of living index number applicable to employees in such employment. [Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948), s. 2 (d)]...

Treasury solicitor

Treasury solicitor. Constituted a Corporation Sole by Treasury Solicitor Act, 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 18). The Treasury Solicitor is no longer Director of Public Prosecutions: see (English) Prosecution of Offences Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 3)....

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